Top 10 quality Indicators that separate the top ranking sites from the Rest:

Hi, I am a proffssional SEM guy. For DP Members, I am mentioning following watch list (success mantra). DP users, your comments please:

1. Age of the Domain Name

Check by using following tools:

WayBack Machine: http://www.archive.org/ (Preferred tool)
Whois Data: http://whois.domaintools.com/

2. Incoming links from .Edu and .Gov


3. Quality Directory listing (dmoz.org etc.)

4. Overall Link quality and Link Quantity (to a lesser extent)

Related Tool:

https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com

5. Deep Link Ratio

6. Page Rank

Details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
www.google.com/technology/


7. No. of pages Indexed

8. Alexa Rank

9. Listing on Social Book marking Site
http://del.icio.us/url/
http://www.wikipedia.com

Related Tool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking



10. On page Quality Factors (Apart from other SEO factors)
 Detailed Contact US/Privacy Policy Page (Also check Aboutus.org)
 Minimize 404 errors
 Link out to higher quality/relevant sites

 

djrishi,

no mention of content in your top 10?

That's how SEO gets a bad name.

 

8 and 9 don't really apply to the search engines, 8 is too biased and 9 is used to make noise to make others link/viral your site. Remember there are over 100 factors so making a top 10 can be pretty vague

 

#11 - Write things that people want to read!

#12 - Keep repeating #11.

 

I, don't buy in

 

I don't like that list - too much fluff. "No. of pages Indexed", c'mon - doesn't really seperate you from the rest. Just write/make good stuff and others will link to it, and you will be top dog in the SERPs.

 

i think we missed the point, he's an SEM guy and not a SEO guy.

Although, i dont pay much effort to point no. 6,7,8

 

I would put content as number 1 or 2

 

The list is ok. Just not the top 10 list. The order is messed up also.

 

how is alexa rank an indication of why a site ranks high?

 

Of course content (?) ( I would say good content) is the king. We dont have to repeat that again and again. After all we are not novice.

This is about top 10 list that seperates you. Please read it carefully.

Hi Kumiko, Have you ever handled high traffic sites ( with over 1 million page views daily) ? I hope u have heard of "Branding”? Alexa ranking plays an important role when you wan to prove that u are no. 1 , 2 & 3 position in that category.

Hi SEO comes under Search Marketing. Seems you are new in this field.. Best of Luck.

 

Are you saying content doesn't separate you from the rest?

 

It is important. I am telling from my experience. Earlier google has indexed only 5000 pages. We used sitemap and now indexed pages= 22,000. Rankings have improved dramatically.

 

Not at all. Always target user. Not Search Engines. This is Google's version. Without good content, its absurd.

 

terribe list....
number 1 is an important part
number 2 Matt Cutts has said repeatedly that links from .edu and .gov do not carry any extra weight....it just happens that these sites are almost always trustworthy and authority sites.
number 3 Get's a Pass but that is not what is going to make you rank high
number 4 I agree with
Number 5 I agree with although it doesn't belong this high on the list.
Number 6 Pagerank? I tell my clients to stay away from SEO's that mention Pagerank as anything but a byproduct of a good linking campaign. The fact that you have it in your top says a lot about your SEO skills
Number 7 Gets a Pass, after all the content cannot rank well if it is not properly indexed. it definetely does not belong in the top 10.
Number 8. Alexa Rank? Jeeez, what the hell does Alexa rank have to to with SEO. Alexa rank means nothing. The data is horribly skewed. SEO and technology sites will always rank well because SEO's and tech saavy people are the ones that have the Alexa toolbar installed and these are the only one's that are counted in Alexa's rankings. I had a site that got 10 unique visitors a day but was still 150,000 Alexa....is that a correct representation?
Number 9. Social Boomarking Sites? These are good for traffic and do not directly impact SEO. In case you haven't realized, Wikipedia and Social Bookmarking sites now use the nofollow tag which renders their links worthless.
number 10...I'm tired of typing

Where is content on this list? Isn't that what separates the good and useful sites from the crappy one's?

 

Branding? I would never present Alexa Data as any concrete evidence.

 

You have labeled some interesting points, but their is more to it unfortunately. Maybe someday all us DP members can make the total SEO list or something. Combined effort!

 

Cool... so you started with your list.... may be with all the input submitted so far, you can modify the list to reflect the input! Just a thought.

 

I think the main idea behind SEO is to make money, so focus on getting traffic.

 

how could u be top SEM without content on your top #10

cheeers